The Sword Deity in Tokyo-Chapter 297: The Death Of Otome Sakagami
Otome Sakagami's figure flashed across half of Kyoto as soon as she started running. She could take advantage of the wind since she was in a gaseous state. Even if there was no wind, she could still consume energy and vigor to make a speedy retreat. She could be even faster than the speed of sound.
Kimura Kazuki frowned as Otome Sakagami's breath disappeared instantly when she vanished. However, he could still trace her with a Tracking Talisman, so he did not panic.
He fixed his gaze on Mei to see how she was doing. Mei was fine as all she did was draw the Broken Demon Bow and shoot a second arrow with the power of the Jade of Four Souls. Mei's body was shaking after shooting the arrow, as if she would fall at any time. However, she had a smile on her face. Although Otome Sakagami fled, she did not murder the villagers from Sakagami Village, and that put her in a good mood. Even though she was tired, she saved the villagers in Sakagami Village. That gave her endless satisfaction.
Looking at the arrow which carried a golden brilliance with it as it shot from the bow, Kimura Kazuki said nothing. It disappeared from his sight soon after that, which was unexplainable by scientific principles.
"Mei!" When Sei Shigeru saw that, he was more pleased with his granddaughter than he was worried about her. He threw a transparent glass bead to Mei and signaled his granddaughter to continue.
Looking at the bead, Kimura Kazuki knew that it was an energy bead known to him as a reiki bead. There was reiki in the bead which could be absorbed at any time. When Arisu Atsuhito and Sei Shigeru offended him previously, they claimed that they would repay him 10 times more as compensation and they gave him ten of these beads when they came to visit.
Each reiki bead contained a huge amount of reiki, equivalent to the reiki possessed by a wraith. Of course, for Kimura Kazuki, even if ten of the reiki beads were absorbed by himself, it would still be inadequate for his growth in practicing.
He was already on the Sixth Foundation State. The higher the level, the more reiki would be required. Even if he were to absorb all the reiki from the Jade of Four Souls, it would still be inadequate. That was exactly why he formed the small team. He was hoping to search for wraiths with the powers of the elites from the various families in the team. The members could just finish off the weaker wraiths. However, if they were to encounter stronger wraiths that would be hard to deal with, they could ask him for help and he only needed to collect a little reiki tax as payment.
The tax would depend on the difficulty.
Both Asuka and Mei could be invited to join Team X now.
While he was occupied with his own thoughts, Mei had already absorbed all the reiki from the reiki bead and made the third shot without any trouble.
It was clear that the arrow from the Broken Demon Bow was traceable. It was no wonder that Sei Shigeru was able to deal with the incident in Sakagami Village in his previous life.
While thinking, Kimura Kazuki took out a Tracking Talisman and walked to the position where Otome Sakagami had been. He stained the Talisman with her breath before activating the Tracking Talisman with reiki. The Tracking Talisman transformed into a snow-white pigeon at the next moment.
Cluck cluck cluck! The pigeon seemed wise. It clucked at Kimura Kazuki before it flew toward the direction of the arrow.
Asuka's eyes sparkled again when he saw that.
What Enchanted Talisman is this? His Paper Crane Talisman could only be turned into a paper crane instead of a living thing while this unknown Enchanted Talisman could turn into a snow-white pigeon. At that moment, Asuka had so many questions for Kimura Kazuki about the Enchanted Talisman but he resisted his urge to ask.
Even Sei Shigeru could not resist but to take another glance at this time. Kimura Kazuki had used many Enchanted Talismans that he never saw before.
It was a fact that the Shigeru family had continued their lineage for thousands of years and they had seen and recorded all kinds of Enchanted Talismans. Sei Shigeru would not say that he knew all the Enchanted Talismans in Japan, but he would recognize at least eight of them out of ten. He could even draw the Talismans from memory. There could not be so many Talismans unrecognizable by him even if there were some Enchanted Talismans hidden by some other families.
Perhaps these Talismans came from Huaxia? Thinking about Kimura Kazuki's Art of Sword Summoning, Sei Shigeru made a guess.
"Shigeru-sama, would you like to go with me?" The pigeon flew away but Kimura Kazuki did not catch up because he was connected with the pigeon spiritually. There was no need for him to chase after it.
When Sei Shigeru saw that Kimura Kazuki was not in a hurry, he was even more curious about the Enchanted Talisman. When he heard Kimura Kazuki's words, he looked at his granddaughter who was exhausted and thought for a while before he replied, "Kimura-sama, you can go now. The villagers of Sakagami Village still need us so I can't leave just yet. Who knows if something happened here? I'll stay here just in case."
"Asuka should follow me then." Kimura Kazuki nodded with a smile and pointed to Asuka who was excited.
The two parties were only cooperating with each other after all. Since Otome Sakagami's damage was done by Mei, so the booty from Otome Sakagami belonged to her. However, Mei was fatigued at that time so he should allow Asuka to follow Kimura Kazuki so that he would not suspect that he hid the booty for himself. However, he did not expect Otome Sakagami to have much loot as she was just a Tsukumogami in the form of bloody clouds and smoke.
"Alright." Sei Shigeru nodded readily with no intention to reject this offer.
Mei, who was sitting on the ground without caring about her image at that time, returned the Jade of Four Souls to Kimura Kazuki reluctantly.
In Mei's view, the pure power of the Jade of Four Souls was a perfect match for her Broken Demon Bow. That power increased her strength greatly.
Sei Shigeru was aware of that too. He opened his mouth but did not know how to put it into words. He was having some thoughts about some issues in their family. With Kimura Kazuki's current strength, he was guessing that Kimura Kazuki would not need the Jade.
Kimura Kazuki noticed the disappointment on Mei's face. He smiled but did not speak.
Subsequently, he took Asuka with him and proceeded in the direction of the pigeon. Of course, he took Harunaka with him. He would not let Harunaka stay in Sakagami Village by herself as it could be dangerous to stay there if something were to happen. He could only protect Harunaka by letting her go with him.
Kimura Kazuki noticed that Harunaka's mood was a little lost on their way. He smiled and said, "Are you in a bad mood because you feel like you didn't help much?"
Harunaka nodded slightly with a little unwillingness in her heart. She followed her senior all the way here but she did not do anything. She felt like a marginal figure and was uncomfortable about it.
Asuka followed Kimura Kazuki excitedly. He was dying to ask Kimura Kazuki about the Enchanted Talismans, but he knew that it would be better for him not to.
Now that he noticed Kimura Kazuki talking to Harunaka, he realized that Harunaka was not in a good mood. He comforted her. "Furuhashi-san, I did not do anything either. My grandfather asked me and my sister to come here to experience new things. My sister should also be a marginal figure now if she wasn't able to use the Broken Demon Bow. You shouldn't think that you can help by having a shikigami as that would be almost impossible. One would need an abundance of experience in order to be able to solve something alone. Take my grandfather for example, even though he received the request from the Deity Rising Palace, he had been seeking help from powerful people. So, I think that's why Kimura-kun brought you here."
Kimura Kazuki glanced at Asuka and knew what he was thinking. He nodded along and said, "In the case of Sakagami Village, low strengths would definitely not help. Don't be discouraged, your current strength from practicing for such a short time already proved that you have surpassed most of the talented people."
Harunaka was actually really happy inside when her senior praised her but she was a little shy. "I still have a long way to go."
Looking at Harunaka who adjusted her state of mind in a short time instead of being inexplicable moody, Kimura Kazuki nodded lightly.
